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From page 36... ... APPENDIX A B i o g r a p h i c a l D e s c r i p t i o n s Provided a t MTRB Meeting October 22-23, 1981 BOARD MEMBERS A l l e n Schumacher - A U n i v e r s i t y of C a l i f o r n i a graduate i n Marine Insurance, A l l e n worked on the West Coast as a marine claims s p e c i a l i s t and average a d j u s t e r u n t i l 1955 when he moved t o New York t o j o i n the American H u l l Insurance Syndicate. I n 1960 he became Claims Manager, and i n 1967 moved over t o the u n d e r w r i t i n g and management s i d e o f the house. Read the entire page →
From page 37... ... A l l e n added t h a t the 59 companies who c o n s t i t u t e the membership of the Syndicate w r i t e s mall c r a f t p o l i c i e s on t h e i r own, j o i n i n g o n l y f o r purposes of u n d e r w r i t i n g l a r g e tonnage. He a l s o added t h a t the Syndicate i s no longer a monopoly, o t h e r U.S. Read the entire page →
From page 38... ... i n v o l v e d i n research, d e a l i n g w i t h vessel o p e r a t i o n , s a f e t y , n a t i o n a l l e g i s l a t i o n , and r e g u l a t o r y a c t i o n . The a s s o c i a t i o n has a t present 31-32 members who are owners, o p e r a t o r s , o r c h a r t e r e r s , o f , f o r the most p a r t , b u l k l i q u i d c a r r i e r s . Read the entire page →
From page 39... ... John Nachtsheim noted t h a t one o f MTRB's committees, the Committee on M a r i t i m e S a f e t y , was using the Long Beach r i s k management program as a model i n i t s i n v e s t i g a t i o n s . He a l s o p o i n t e d out t h a t Louise was asked t o j o i n the Board not o n l y because of her p o r t s background, but because of her p u b l i c i n t e r e s t a c t i v i t i e s . Read the entire page →
From page 40... ... h i s t o r i c a l l y r e l i e d upon the i n t r o d u c t i o n of t e c h n i c a l i n n o v a t i o n s i n o r d e r t o overcome o t h e r o p e r a t i n g handicaps. A r t f e e l s t h a t i t i s not so much a problem of t e c h n i c a l d e s i g n , as i t i s a f a i l u r e of management t o adopt or implement, promising i n n o v a t i d n s . Read the entire page →
From page 41... ... the N a t i o n a l Academy of Sciences.to review the s t a t e of the maritime t r a n s p o r t a t i o n i n d u s t r y and t o make recommendations as t o what should be done. Harry Benford was p r o j e c t manager o f a massive one year study t h a t r e s u l t e d i n recommendations i n se v e r a l areas. Read the entire page →
From page 42... ... Harvard Business School and i s p r e s e n t l y on the f a c u l t y a t MIT i n the Department of Ocean En g i n e e r i n g . Hank teaches, researches, and c o n s u l t s , p r i n c i p a l l y i n the areas of s h i p p i n g and p o r t s . Read the entire page →
From page 43... ... m i l l i o n f o r a i r t r a n s p o r t a t i o n . Du Font's t o t a l i n t e r n a t i o n a l t r a n s p o r t a t i o n tab comes t o about $130 m i l l i o n f o r U.S./foreign f r e i g h t , i n a d d i t i o n t o approximately $100 m i l l i o n i n f o r e i g n t o f o r e i g n t r a n s p o r t a t i o n . Read the entire page →
From page 44... ... U.S. merchant marine. Read the entire page →
From page 45... ... the same i n d i v i d u a l s o n l y a f t e r they have stayed on f o r a d d i t i o n a l work u n t i l a c h i e v i n g t h e i r t e r m i n a l degrees. T h i s leaves f o r e i g n students as the few Ph.D.s i n these f i e l d s ; and because of language problems i t i s d i f f i c u l t t o put these people i n classroom s e t t i n g s . Read the entire page →
From page 46... ... been a c t i v e i n SNAME and i s a past p r e s i d e n t of ASNE. John Wing - John Wing revealed t h a t h i s m a r i t i m e r o o t s go deep, one of hi s ancestors being the o r i g i n a l owner o f the whaler, Charles W Read the entire page →
From page 47... ... TRB has been i n v o l v e d f o r the most p a r t w i t h highway and r a i l t r a n s p o r t , but has expanded more r e c e n t l y t o i n c l u d e a i r and water modes as w e l l . Charley holds a Ph.D. Read the entire page →
From page 48... ... c u t t i n g - b a c k on l a b o r i n t e n s i v e a c t i v i t i e s , and are l o o k i n g f o r p r i v a t e s e c t o r assumption o f some o f the s e r v i c e s t r a d i t i o n a l l y s u p p l i e d by the Coast Guard. James Gross - Jim Gross i s a second g e n e r a t i o n m a r i t i m e i n d u s t r y man, h i s f a t h e r was employed i n GE's marine d i v i s i o n . Read the entire page →
From page 49... ... m a r i t i m e i n d u s t r y , not j u s t the o p e r a t o r s , who l a c k an R&D o r i e n t a t i o n . The i n d u s t r y i s proud of i t s e n t r e p r e n e u r i a l s k i l l s , such as the i n t r o d u c t i o n of c o n t a i n e r i z a t i o n , but t h i s i s not R&D. Read the entire page →
From page 50... ... GUESTS Edward Epremian - Ed Epremian, E x e c u t i v e D i r e c t o r of the Commission on S o c i o t e c h n i c a l Systems - parent commission of MTRB, i s an MIT graduate who f i r s t worked i n GE's research lab (metals and f a b r i c a t i o n ) before o b t a i n i n g h i s Ph.D. Read the entire page →
From page 51... ... School f o r S o c i a l Research, and completing h i s Ph.D. coursework a t Ohio S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y , a l s o i n Anthropology. Read the entire page →
From page 52... ... t h e n . C aptain Sonenshein. Read the entire page →

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... APPENDIX A B i o g r a p h i c a l D e s c r i p t i o n s Provided a t MTRB Meeting October 22-23, 1981 BOARD MEMBERS A l l e n Schumacher - A U n i v e r s i t y of C a l i f o r n i a graduate i n Marine Insurance, A l l e n worked on the West Coast as a marine claims s p e c i a l i s t and average a d j u s t e r u n t i l 1955 when he moved t o New York t o j o i n the American H u l l Insurance Syndicate. I n 1960 he became Claims Manager, and i n 1967 moved over t o the u n d e r w r i t i n g and management s i d e o f the house.